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Barco provides video wall to Bermuda Electric Light
The Barco video wall displays a highly detailed, wide-area view of the island’s power grid, providing real-time data and video on power usage and availability. -
Deutsche Messe brings MDA to North America
Deutsche Messe is now organizing the first-ever MDA North America from 8 to 13 September 2014. -
IFS to supply ERP to Atlas Pipeline
Atlas Pipeline gathers and processes natural gas for ultimate transportation to end user commercial, industrial, and residential markets. -
TIA names Bill Conley to oneM2M standards group
Bill Conley of B&B Electronics will participate as a TIA delegate on the newly formed oneM2M group. -
Epicor to supply ERP to M-TEK
M-TEK, a UK-headquartered electronics sub-contractor offering manufacturing and test services, selected the Epicor ERP solution to support its service offering and rapid expansion. -
Micro-Epsilon updates Configuration Tools software
Enhancements in scanCONTROL Configuration Tools v3.0 for laser scanners include optimised measuring functions such as profile analysis features and measurement value calculations. -
SVIA connects robot cells to any industrial network
SVIA in Sweden uses Anybus X-gateways to connect their DeviceNet-based robot cells to any network that their customers are using. -
Hacking the Industrial SCADA Network II
By Frank Dickman The original "Hacking the Industrial SCADA Network" (Part I) was first published in 2009. This article, Part II, is the summary of what has happened since the original publication, and the outcome of predictions which first appeared in Part I. -
Fieldbus Foundation to demo ROM Technology at Petrobras
The first live demo of FOUNDATION for ROM is scheduled for April 30, 2013, at the Petrobras research and development facility (Cenpes) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. -
Buildings and EU Legislation to Drive European pump sales
Frost & Sullivan says the market earned revenues of $857.9 million in 2011 and estimates this to reach $943.6 million in 2016. -
LUDECA updates "Laser Align" mobile app
The application now has an interactive Tolerance Table, where the user can input his own machine RPM and the app will kick back the respective Alignment Tolerances. -
SDP/SI publishes CD-ROM catalog
Catalog covers belt and chain drives, shaft accessories, bearings, feed and idler rollers, couplings, vibration mounts and pads, linear motion systems, hardware, right angle drives, gearheads, gearmotors and clutches. -
Kepware announces Customized Training Program
Training program helps customers set-up and operate OPC-based communication systems for automation applications. -
Thomson publishes Linear Motion Systems catalog
The 230+ page catalog details the features, specifications, dimensions and ordering information for the company’s complete family of linear units and accessories. -
Tridium starts Professional Services group
The group will enable OEM partners to save time by helping them develop unique and differentiated solutions and applications on the Niagara Framework. -
CSIA 2013 Executive Conference meets May 1-4
The Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) will hold its 2013 Executive Conference, May 1 – 4, in St. Pete Beach, near St. Petersburg, Fla., U.S. -
Fluidwell opens office in the USA
Dutch instrument company opens a sales office in Oxford, Mass. -
Softing and Industrial Automation Networks partner on installations
Industrial Automation Networks will assist Softing's customers in deploying products in their plants. -
The Cure for the Automation Workforce Crisis
Retiring workers are leaving a huge void in the process industries, but new blood hasn’t rushed to fill it. Even new opportunities like shale oil extraction haven’t attracted the workers they require. -
Det-Tronics Flame Detector Certified for SIL 2
The X3302 Multispectrum Infrared Hydrogen Flame Detector was certified as Safety Integrity Level 2 (SIL 2) capable by exida. -
Gebhardt signs Invata Intralogistics as systems integrator
Invata will provide the software and system integration end of U.S. build outs for Gebhardt Material Handling Systems. -
Siemens Serves Users by Adding EtherNet/IP
Automation.com, January 2013 By Bill Lydon, Editor The addition of an EtherNet/IP stack to the Siemens Sinamics drives offers another option and makes life easier for users and machine builders. The Sinamics S120 drive products now support Profibus DP, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, and Ethernet TCP/IP. -
Tofino Security Appliance Thwarts Cyber Attacks
By Bill Lydon, Editor The Tofino Security Appliance and its management software withstood a variety of sophisticated reverse engineering attacks conducted by Digital Bond, the world's most respected sources for control system security research. -
NextGen SCADA Europe 2013
NextGen SCADA Europe 2013, 21-22 March in Amsterdam, gathers 100+ electric utility SCADA professionals to discuss advanced SCADA system requirements to support the evolving smart grid. -
Advantech Announces Support for Microsoft Windows 8
Support includes Natural User Interface (NUI), cloud connectivity, Windows-to-Go, and Secure Boot functions of Windows 8. -
Benefits and Shortcomings of Vortex Flowmeters
Vortex flowmeters are a good choice for measuring the flow rate of any reasonably clean fluid where measurement at very low flows is not required. -
Invata Intralogistics supplies software to ShopJimmy
Invata helped design the fulfillment center material handling system, and will supply software. -
Terrence G. Ives elected ISA president
Ives, a long-time ISA member and leader, is president and owner of Ives Equipment Corporation in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA. -
Emerson to control solar power facility in Nevada
Emerson will supply an Ovation expert control system to the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project near Tonopah, Nevada. -
Metso to upgrade controls at Australian power plant
Metso supplied the Smithfield Energy Facility plant's existing control system in 1996-97. It has now come to the end of its life cycle and needs to be upgraded. -
Rockwell Automation Announces Repair Services Website
The Repair Services website provides a single-source solution for electrical, electronic, mechanical and servo product repairs. -
Webinar Recording: Straight Talk on DCS Migration
Four top DCS migration experts discuss topics and trends surrounding DCS migration, using examples of multiple platforms from across the field. -
Hydroelectric generating utility has to control with the flow
Control Engineering, January 2013 By Jason Wright Box Canyon Dam, north of Spokane, Wash., upgraded its legacy controls with a PlantPAx system with two ControlLogix PACs on each of four turbine generators, FactoryTalk HMIs, and EtherNet/IP. -
MDA fair runs with Hannover Messe
From 8 to 12 April 2013, the MDA (Motion, Drive & Automation) fair in Hannover, Germany, will showcase electric and mechanical power transmission systems and pneumatic and hydraulic technologies. -
Sercos international announces 2013 plans
sercos international will present its product and service portfolio together with its members at more than 20 events this year. -
ABB Robotics adds PickVision technology
ABB Robotics is bringing SVIA's PickVision Smart Camera vision system to the industrial robotics market in North America. -
Tofino passes Advanced Cyber Security Testing
Digital Bond’s findings revealed that the industry's known sophisticated cyber attacks could not compromise the Tofino firewall. -
Test & Measurement employees hard to find
Fluke says when 85 percent of employers report that it is difficult to find new hires with the right skill set, it creates a potential workforce disaster in test & measurement. -
MatrikonOPC Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification
MatrikonOPC has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification by the Quality Management Institute (QMI) of Toronto, Ontario. -
Jon DeSouza promoted to President of HARTING Canada
DeSouza retains his existing responsibilities as Executive Vice-President of Sales for HARTING North America. -
Tuning Control Loops Course: What Is a "Bump Test?"
Tuning Control Loops Course: What is a "Bump Test"? -
Automation Industry Association Criticizes 60 Minutes
The Association for Advancing Automation is disappointed in how 60 Minutes portrayed the industry in Sunday night's "March of the Machines" segment. -
Eastern Europe drives market booming
Frost & Sullivan says the drives market in Eastern Europe, Russia and CIS was $472.5 million in 2011 and will reach $652.1 million in 2016. -
Fieldbus Foundation Updates H1 Interoperability Test Kit
H1 ITK 6.1.0 builds on the library of FOUNDATION fieldbus block test cases, offering a series of standardized function blocks and transducer blocks that enable increased test coverage for device developers. -
Oil and Gas companies have security worries
Frost & Sullivan says physical and cyber threats have led to growth in the oil and gas infrastructure security market. -
Edmonds Community College predicts energy use
Nobody can predict the weather, but Edmonds Community College uses an energy forecasting service to deliver energy efficiency and demand reduction info to twenty facilities on the 50-acre campus. -
U.S. manufacturing technology orders up 4.8% from 2011
According to AMT, October and November were down, but with a year-to-date total of $5,212.17 million, 2012 was up 4.8% compared with 2011. -
OMS measures 19,000 pipe ends for Congo River Pipeline
OMS staff measured 19,402 pipe ends (20” and 22” OD) using its automatic Pipe Checker laser-based measurement tool. The pipes are destined for use on Chevron’s Congo River Crossing (CRX) Pipeline project. -
Dataforth Expands into Second Building
The new facility houses all manufacturing and test operations, as well as the warehouse, shipping and receiving. -
Flexible-Structure Control: A Strategy for Releasing Input Constraints
Process output can be brought back to the set point only by activating an auxiliary manipulated variable